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04.09.2020 | Editorial
FRAX and ethnicity
verfasst von:
J. A. Kanis, C. Cooper, B. Dawson-Hughes, N. C. Harvey, H. Johansson, M. Lorentzon, E. V. McCloskey, J.-Y. Reginster, R. Rizzoli, on behalf of the International Osteoporosis Foundation
Erschienen in:
Osteoporosis International
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Ausgabe 11/2020
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Excerpt
A recent article from the New England Journal of Medicine questioned the use of race or ethnicity in assessment algorithms [
1]. In the case of osteoporosis, the authors noted that the US FRAX calculator returns a lower fracture risk for women who are Black (by a factor of 0.43), Asian (0.50) or Hispanic (0.53). They conclude that the lower risk for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women may delay intervention with osteoporosis therapy. The New York Times goes further in stating that with FRAX (sic) Black women end up having a score that makes them less likely to be prescribed osteoporosis medication than white women who are similar in all other respects [
2]. …